On my 32 bit Linux VM:
dogbert@dogbert-VirtualBox ~ $ perl6 -v
This is Rakudo version 2017.09-348-g830084430 built on MoarVM version
2017.09.1-575-gd4e230a69
implementing Perl 6.c.
dogbert@dogbert-VirtualBox ~ $ time perl6 -e 'my str $a = "a" x 2**30; say
$a.chars'
1073741824
real0m0.173s
u
Yeah, I filed the slowness as a bug (127972) a while ago.
On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Zoffix Znet via RT <
perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote:
> Oh, my bad. I didn't wait long enough. Takes over a minute:
>
> zoffix@VirtualBox:~$ time perl6 -e 'my str $a = "a" x 2**30;say $a.chars'
> ===SORR
I still get the exact same error, it just takes 10+ seconds.
This is Rakudo version 2016.06-204-g959cd3b built on MoarVM version
2016.06-11-gf9dad06
On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Zoffix Znet via RT <
perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote:
> This appears to hang now:
>
> zoffix@VirtualBox:~$ perl
# New Ticket Created by Daniel Green
# Please include the string: [perl #127973]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
# https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127973 >
>./perl6 -e 'my $a = "a" x 2**30;say $a.chars'
1073741824
>./perl6 -e 'my str $a = "a" x
